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Aardvarchaeology

Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.

May 31, 2008

Kirkwall, Orkney

Category: NOIBN

I'm in Kirkwall on the Orkney islands for a conference on maritime societies in the Viking and Medieval periods. It's a lovely sunny evening, which is apparently a rare and precious occurrence around these parts. The dialect is also something...

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May 30, 2008

Skamby Gaming Pieces on Display

Category: Archaeology

In 2005, a team led by myself and Howard Williams excavated a 9th century boat inhumation burial at Skamby in Kuddby parish, Östergötland, Sweden. The finest finds we made in the grave were a collection of 23 amber gaming...

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May 29, 2008

Junior Meets the Astronaut

Category: Children

It was a good talk, ranging from abstruse physics to everyday practicalities of life in space.

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Sacred Imagery on Dish Rags

Category: Archaeology

I'd find it in pretty poor taste to make dish rags with the Crucifixion.

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May 27, 2008

Irrefutable Evidence: Cell Phone Alarmism Does Cause Harm

Category: Tech

An elderly gentleman saw his grand-daughter answer her phone while holding her newborn baby...

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May 26, 2008

Mesolithic Seal Hunters On a Hilltop Near You

Category: Archaeology

Amazing to find all this insanely old material in a tract of completely nondescript woodland.

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W00t! Phoenix Survived!

Category: NOIBN

It has deployed its solar panels successfully and is transmitting pictures!

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May 24, 2008

Finnestorp War Booty Find in Offa

Category: Archaeology

Amazing finds from the Finnestorp war booty site.

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May 23, 2008

Birka Graves On-Line

Category: Archaeology

A massively useful research tool.

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May 22, 2008

Sing Gibberish to the Lord

Category: Humour

I've posted a fine example of Ansiktsburk song lyrics before: listen to a song in a language you don't understand, and try to imagine that it is actually sung in your own language though with a funny accent. Then...

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